Episode

Why You Can't Accept a Compliment -- And What It's Doing to Your Brain Chemistry

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Listen Then Speak

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Aug 13, 2026

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Summary

You call it humility. Your nervous system calls it a threat response. Jahmaal Marshall unpacks the root-cause belief behind compliment deflection, high-functioning codependency, and the burnout it quietly manufactures; plus the empathy that's actually self-abandonment in disguise.